15 December 2007

A Sad Statistic

Statistics Canada says 100,039 Canadian women had an abortion in 2004, the last year for which statistics are available. Another 337,072 did not have an abortion.

According to the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization, about 40% of pregnancies in development countries -- including Canada -- are unintended. Both organizations say 28% of all unintended pregnancies in developed countries end in abortion.